sinuosa

[siˈnwosa]

/[siˈnwosa]/ adj

The verdict

“sinuosa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,180 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,180
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del femenino de sinuoso.

Corpus desk

Index ES-sinuosa · sinuosa · Spanish

sinuosa · rank #73,180 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,180
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH sintomática

Nearest frequency peer: sintomática (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “sinuosa”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sinuosa” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sinuosa
PropertyValue
Headwordsinuosa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[siˈnwosa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#73,180
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “sinuosa” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).sinuosacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “sintomática” (#73,179), “sismología” (#73,181), “skill” (#73,182). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “sinuosa” va en #73,180. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sinuosa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,180 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [siˈnwosa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del femenino de sinuoso.".

No misspelling variants are generated for sinuosa in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is sinuosa, spelled S-I-N-U-O-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino de sinuoso.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sinuosa"?
"sinuosa" is spelled S-I-N-U-O-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [siˈnwosa].
What does "sinuosa" mean?
As an adjective, "sinuosa" means: Forma del femenino de sinuoso.
How do you pronounce "sinuosa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sinuosa" is [siˈnwosa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sinuosa" come from?
"sinuosa" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sinuosa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list